Louisa (Lowe) Adkins (1837 - 1909)

Born 15 Sep 1837 in Scott County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Lacy Levi Adkins — married 25 Dec 1855 in Scott County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Nov 1909 at age 72 in Cove Lake, Campbell County, Tennessee

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Biography

Louisa (Lowe) Adkins was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Louisa was born in 1837 in what is now Scott County, Tennessee.

Louisa's father was Michael Low, Jr., and her mother was Christine Carroll, who was said to be a full-blooded Cherokee Indian.

She married Lacy Levi Adkins, Sr., on December 25, 1855, in Scott County.^[1]

Lacy was the son of John (Jackie) Adkins from North Carolina, and the brother of Rev. Sterling Adkins, who helped organize Smokey Creek Baptist Church, and served as its first pastor.

Lacy Levi and Louisa Adkins left Scott County and purchased 374 acres of land at Shea, TN (Beechfork) from Goldman Kennedy in 1886.

After her husband's death in 1900, Louisa and her son, Columbus (1859-1920), moved to Caryville, Tennessee. Each

bought 90 acres of land from D.H. Queener for $1000 per tract, June 1907. The tract which Columbus and his wife, Nancy Adkins bought is the site of the present day Ed Claiborne farm. It is near Lakeview Church and bordered by Bruce Creek.

Louisa passed away in 1909.

She is buried in Sharp Cemetery #1, near Caryville, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA, in Cove Lake State Park.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Scott County, Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900. County court records located at Huntsville, Tennessee or Family History Library microfilm #0926287-0926289.
2. ↑ Find a Grave memorial # 8976532.

See also:

• ‘’1860 U.S. census, population schedule.’’ NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Census Place: District 12, Campbell, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1240; Page: 494; Image: 438; Family History Library Film: 805240.

• ‘’1870 U.S. census, population schedules.’’ NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Census Place: District 14, Campbell, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1516; Page: 106B; Image: 217; Family History Library Film: 553015.

• ‘’Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.’’ (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Smokey, Scott, Tennessee; Roll: 1277; Family History Film: 1255277; Page: 264B; Enumeration District: 130.

• United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623. Census Place: Civil District 14, Campbell, Tennessee; Roll: 1559; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1241559.

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